Kenneth lee



K. LEE. DESK.

(No Model.)

Patented Jan. 23, 1894.

I II! I tlllllllL m m m WITNESSES Unrrno STATES KENNETH LEE, OF NEWYORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, AND HENRY F. ARMS, OF VVOROESTER,MASSACHUSETTS.

DESK.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,465, dated January23, 1894.

Serial No. 465,032- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KENNETH LEE, of New York, in the county and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Desks;and I hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention has particular reference to improvements in what areknown in the trade as roll-top desks, in which the forward portion ofthe top rolls, or slides, into the back portion. The improvement may,however, be adapted to any form of desks.

The object of the invention is to increase the length of the deskwithout permanently adding to its size.

Another object of the invention is to so construct a desk that thelength of the same may be increased independently-of the folding ends.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the desk and thecombination therewith of the segmental extension-shelves, together withsuch other novel features of construction and combination of parts aswill hereinafter be more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 represents an end view of a desk provided with my improvedextension-device. Fig. 2 represents a top View of the same, one of theends being opened and the desk extended. Fig. 3 represents a detailedview of the means for locking the end of the desk to the extension-shelfor both of these to the the outer straight-edges of the shelves 6-6extend slightly beyond the ends of the desktop and may formornamental-headings separating the forward base-portion of the desk fromthe swinging-ends 77. The swingingends 77 are furnished on their innersurfaces with guide-grooves in which the edges v of the rolling, orsliding, cover may move, and are hinged to the extension-top 8 so thatthey may be swung outward while their inward movement is limited by theends of the top 5.

Securedtotheinner'surfaces of the swingingends 77 are latching-devices9-9 the bolts 1010 of which may be inserted in thereinforced-perforations 1l11 of the shelves B6 or, when the ends 77 andthe shelves 6-6 are closed, may serve to look the same to the main bodyof the desk by being pushed into the sockets 12-12 formed therein. Inorder to allow for the latching-device the ends of the top 5 may beslightly cut away. By this construction I am able to produce a desk thetop of which can be considerably extended, while the swinging-ends maybe used independently of the extension-shelves.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new'and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A desk havingswinging-ends, and end extension -shelves pivoted independently of theends adapted to be moved outward by said ends.

2. In a desk, segmental extension-shelves pivoted in recessesimmediately below the table-top of the desk, in combination withswinging ends and latching-devices for securing the ends. and shelvestogether as described.

3. The combination with a desk havinga top 5 below which are recesses,and the extension-"shelves 6-6 pivoted in said recesses, of the ends 77hinged above the shelves in planes at right angles therewith, andlatching-devices carried'by the ends and adapted to latch the same tothe shelves 6--6 and to the main portion of the desk.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

KENNETH LEE.

Witnesses:

J osnrn A. MILLER, Jr., HENRY J. MILLER.

